Pupil health: administration of medicinal cannabis: schoolsites.
Existing law authorizes a school nurse or other designated school personnel to assist any pupil who is required to take, during the regular schoolday, medication prescribed for the pupil by a physician and surgeon or ordered for the pupil by a physician assistant, if the school district receives specified written statements from the physician and surgeon or physician assistant and from the parent, foster parent, or guardian of the pupil.
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California Legislature
20192020
SB 223
California SB 223 (20192020)
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Pupil health: administration of medicinal cannabis: schoolsites.
California SB 223 (20192020) — Pupil health: administration of medicinal cannabis: schoolsites.
Existing law authorizes a school nurse or other designated school personnel to assist any pupil who is required to take, during the regular schoolday, medication prescribed for the pupil by a physician and surgeon or ordered for the pupil by a physician assistant, if the school district receives specified written statements from the physician and surgeon or physician assistant and from the parent, foster parent, or guardian of the pupil.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Unfinished Business SB223 Hill et al. Concurrence — 28–7 (pass) · upper
Do pass — 7–1 (pass) · upper
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — 5–2 (pass) · lower
SB 223 Hill Senate Third Reading By Smith — 43–22 (pass) · lower
3rd Reading SB223 Hill et al. — 29–4 (pass) · upper
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — 6–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Hill — primary (person)
Bonta — coauthor (person)
Limón — coauthor (person)
Moorlach — coauthor (person)
Quirk — coauthor (person)
Smith — coauthor (person)
Stone — coauthor (person)
Wiener — coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2019-02-07 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
2019-02-08 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 10.
2019-02-21 Referred to Coms. on ED. and JUD. referral-committee
2019-03-05 Set for hearing March 20.
2019-03-11 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on ED. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
2019-03-20 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 383.) (March 20). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2019-03-21 Set for hearing March 26.
2019-03-26 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 1. Page 438.) (March 26). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2019-03-27 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2019-03-28 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 29. Noes 4. Page 476.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-3, reading-1
2019-03-28 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2019-05-06 Referred to Coms. on ED. and JUD. referral-committee
2019-06-20 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (June 19). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2019-06-25 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 3.) (June 25). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2019-06-26 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2019-06-27 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2019-08-26 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 43. Noes 22. Page 2846.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-3, reading-1
2019-08-26 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2019-08-30 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 28. Noes 7. Page 2326.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2019-09-06 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
2019-10-09 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2019-10-09 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 699, Statutes of 2019.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2847dcee-29db-46d3-b0f0-016f8559c9ff. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).